Bunkerhill Carebricks vs. Savista for cancer and clinical registry management

The challenge for registry programs

Many health systems face the same dilemma:

• Cancer registries require Certified Tumor Registrars (CTRs) to identify cases, extract data, and code elements according to NAACCR, SEER, and CoC standards.
• Other registries — cardiovascular, stroke, trauma, infection prevention — require specialized abstractors.

With a nationwide shortage of trained abstractors, hospitals often fully outsource registry work to vendors like Savista. This addresses staffing needs in the short term, but creates dependency on manual labor, slows down data flow, and risks delays in meeting accreditation and reporting deadlines.

The Carebricks approach

Bunkerhill’s Carebricks platform fully automates every step of registry work:

• Case finding: Real-time monitoring of EHR, LIS, RIS/PACS, and pathology feeds to flag reportable cases within minutes.
• AI-powered abstraction: Automatic extraction and mapping of all required data elements, with source citations for easy verification.
• Guideline and standard checks: Continuous application of NAACCR, CoC, SEER, and registry-specific rules, plus your hospital’s own protocols.
• Submission automation: Packaging and sending data to state and national registries on schedule, with zero manual file prep.
• Closed-loop action: Registry findings can immediately trigger follow-up tasks, notifications, or orders.
• Multi-registry scalability: Cancer and non-cancer registries run side-by-side on the same platform.

How Savista works

Savista provides outsourced staffing, primarily Certified Tumor Registrars, to handle registry abstraction manually:

• CTRs log into your systems, find cases, and enter data by hand.
• Backlogs are addressed by allocating more CTR time or adding new staff.
• Compliance with CoC, NAACCR, SEER, and state reporting is managed through staffing assignments and QA processes.
• Performance depends heavily on staffing stability, training, and availability.

Key differences between Carebricks and Savista

Operating model

• Carebricks: Fully automated platform; no internal or outsourced registry abstractors needed.‍
• Savista: Manual abstraction services provided by CTRs.

Scope

• Carebricks: Covers all registry types in one platform.‍
• Savista: Primarily focused on cancer registries, with limited expansion into others.

Speed & timeliness

• Carebricks: Registry data is current to real time; submissions can happen continuously.
• Savista: Dependent on human queues; turnaround can range from weeks to years depending on backlog.

Scalability

• Carebricks: Adding registries is a configuration change, not a staffing exercise.‍
• Savista: Scaling requires hiring and onboarding more CTRs.

Data reuse

• Carebricks: Registry-grade data feeds directly into quality dashboards and analytics.‍
• Savista: Data provided in reports or via existing registry systems.

Common issues with traditional outsourcing, and how Carebricks avoids them

While experiences vary, hospitals using outsourced registry vendors have reported issues such as:

• Chronic backlogs — Falling months or even years behind on abstractions.
• Incomplete coverage — Only a fraction of eligible patients abstracted, limiting registry accuracy.
• Inconsistent staffing — Turnover and reassignment affecting continuity and quality.
• Lagging impact — Delayed data makes quality improvement reactive instead of proactive.

With Carebricks, these risks disappear:

• No backlogs — Cases are detected and abstracted automatically in real time.
• Complete coverage — Every eligible patient is included, across all registries.
• No staffing dependency — Automation eliminates the risk of losing key people.
• Real-time action — Findings are available immediately to inform care decisions.

Why health systems choose Carebricks

• Replace expensive outsourcing contracts with a predictable platform subscription.
• Gain control of your data — no waiting on an external team to complete abstraction.
• Enable proactive quality improvement through continuous, real-time registry updates.
• Scale seamlessly to any registry without new staffing.
• Meet accreditation and reporting deadlines without risk.

A look at your potential success

With Carebricks running your cancer and clinical registries:

• Cases are flagged automatically within minutes of diagnosis.
• Required data elements are pre-populated, validated, and ready for submission.
• Registry files are sent on schedule, error-free, with a full audit trail.
• Your analytics team sees live metrics for time-to-treatment, therapy adherence, and equity gaps — enabling immediate intervention.
• Expansion to new registries — whether additional cancer subsites (e.g., breast, lung, colorectal) or other specialties entirely (e.g., STS cardiac surgery, NCDR cardiology, Get With The Guidelines–Stroke, trauma, infection prevention) — is as simple as enabling a new workflow in the platform, with no new hiring or outsourcing needed.